House bill · 109th Congress · Did not become law
Veterans Identity and Credit Security Act of 2006
Sponsor: Rep. Stephen Buyer R-INWhere it went
- IntroducedJul 19, 2006
- Committee actionJul 20, 2006
- Passed HouseSep 26, 2006 · by voice vote
- Passed Senate—
- To the President—
- Became law—
Latest action: Nov 13, 2006 — Read twice and referred to the Committee on Veterans' Affairs.
Cost and committee reports
Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 5835.
- CBO cost estimateThe Congressional Budget Office published “H.R. 5835, Veterans Identity and Credit Security Act of 2006” on July 28, 2006. CBO’s description reads “<p>Cost estimate for the bill as ordered repored by the House Committee on Veterans' Affairs on July 20, 2006</p>”.Read the CBO estimate ↗Source: Congressional Budget Office, July 28, 2006 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- cboCostEstimates
- CBO publication
- https://www.cbo.gov/publication/18015
- CBO publication date
- July 28, 2006
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 5835, 109th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/109/hr/5835
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- April 7, 2025
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 27, 2026
- Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file
46e98a1c5a2f1c8882429174522d8dd4e770eececc35aba5cddb2bfcdc310049
- CBO cost estimateThe Congressional Budget Office published “H.R. 5835, Veterans Identity and Credit Security Act of 2006” on July 28, 2006. CBO’s description reads “Cost estimate for the bill as ordered repored by the House Committee on Veterans' Affairs on July 20, 2006”.Read the CBO estimate ↗Source: Congressional Budget Office, July 28, 2006 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- cboCostEstimates
- CBO publication
- https://www.cbo.gov/publication/18015
- CBO publication date
- July 28, 2006
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 5835, 109th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/109/hr/5835
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- April 7, 2025
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 27, 2026
- Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file
46e98a1c5a2f1c8882429174522d8dd4e770eececc35aba5cddb2bfcdc310049
PORKER links to the estimate and does not repeat its dollar figures. Each estimate is for the version of the bill its description names; the bill may have changed since.
- Committee reportCongress.gov lists 1 committee report for this bill: H. Rept. 109-651 ↗. The Congress.gov committee record lists a “Reported By” entry for the Veterans' Affairs Committee on September 13, 2006.Source: Congress.gov, reported September 13, 2006 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- committeeReports
- Report API records
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/committee-report/109/HRPT/651
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 5835, 109th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/109/hr/5835
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- April 7, 2025
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 27, 2026
- Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file
46e98a1c5a2f1c8882429174522d8dd4e770eececc35aba5cddb2bfcdc310049
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Vote results
No recorded roll-call votes on this bill in PORKER’s records (voice votes and unanimous consent are not roll calls; roll-call records start in 2011).
Cosponsors
66 cosponsors — 34 Republicans, 32 Democrats
32 of 66 cosponsors (48%) are from the other party.
Neil Abercrombie (D-HI), John Barrow (D-GA), Roscoe Bartlett (R-MD), Shelley Berkley (D-NV), Brian Bilbray (R-CA), Michael Bilirakis (R-FL), Sanford Bishop (D-GA), Marsha Blackburn (R-TN), Mary Bono Mack (R-CA), John Boozman (R-AR), Leonard Boswell (D-IA), Jeb Bradley (R-NH), Corrine Brown (D-FL), Henry Brown (R-SC), Sherrod Brown (D-OH), Ginny Brown-Waite (R-FL), Dan Burton (R-IN), Ken Calvert (R-CA), Dave Camp (R-MI), Shelley Capito (R-WV), John Carter (R-TX), Ed Case (D-HI), Jim Costa (D-CA), Elijah Cummings (D-MD), Jim Davis (D-FL), Susan Davis (D-CA), Thomas Davis (R-VA), John Dingell (D-MI), Lloyd Doggett (D-TX), Thelma Drake (R-VA) and 36 more.
More from the sponsor
Other 109th Congress bills sponsored by Rep. Stephen Buyer.
- H.R. 6342 (109th) Veterans Programs Extension Act of 2006
- H.R. 2046 (109th) Servicemembers' Health Insurance Protection Act of 2005
- H.R. 1220 (109th) Veterans' Compensation Cost-of-Living Adjustment Act of 2005
- H.R. 4061 (109th) Department of Veterans Affairs Information Technology Management Improvement Act of 2005
- H.Res. 361 (109th) Recognizing the 75th anniversary of the establishment of the Veterans Administration on July 21, 1930.
- H.Con.Res. 427 (109th) Permitting the use of the rotunda of the Capitol for a ceremony to commemorate the 75th anniversary of the establishment of the Department…
Sponsor’s state and district
Data as of Sep 27, 2026 · bill record checked by PORKER from Congress.gov · votes from Senate.gov and the House Clerk. PORKER is non-partisan.